Thursday, January 11, 2018

How to Get Your ITR (Form 2316) Stamped as True Copy (in Cebu City)

We all want things to be free and easy. Applying for a visa to Korea for trips of less than 59 days is free. (Yay!) And the list of requirements for applicants who are employees is short and simple enough. (Double yay!) But, alas, when you're applying in the consulate in Cebu, you don't simply hand the consulate staff a copy of your ITR/Form 2316—unless it has been stamped and certified by BIR as a true copy. (Well, you can, but the consulate staff will hand it back to you and will not accept your application!)

Since I work for a company that falls under the Large Taxpayers Division (LTD) of BIR, it wasn't as easy as popping by the BIR office and flashing them my ITR/Form 2316. I had to prepare some documents and go to two different BIR offices.

If you, like me, work for a company that's under the LTD of BIR, here's what you need to do:Prepare the following:

Copy of ITR/Form 2316 that you want certified

Request letter signed by you and your company HR or your manager

Copy of your ID

Php130 in exact amount (for certification fee and documentary stamp)

And then get your butt to the BIR offices:

Go to the BIR Regional Office Building and get a priority number for the Cashier/Window 12.

Give the cashier your ITR/From 2316 copy and pay the certification fee and documentary stamp fee (total of Php130). The cashier will give you a receipt with the documentary stamp attached.

Go to the BIR Large Taxpayers Division Office (a 10-minute walk from the Regional Office).

If you work for a company that does not fall under the Large Taxpayers Division of BIR, you only need to go to the BIR Regional Office Building for the certification. Please inquire from BIR for the exact process.

Hi Hooblat. Hmmm...sorry, I have no idea, would be best to inquire from BIR LTDO Cebu (number is posted above). If this is for Korean visa processing, but you can't get your ITR stamped, I read in another blog of another option which is to attach a photocopy of the alphalist with the BIR stamp (you can get a copy of this alphalist from your HR). Hope that helps. And thank you for dropping by.

Hi. When you apply for korean visa. Do you need to attached your landing slip from your travel history to your passport? Esp. When you’ve only been to HK and Macau. Since they don’t stamp your passport. Please advise. Thanks.

Hi. My travel to korea will be on november and I have to apply for a visa this week already.. Me and my husband alreadyhave our Bir 2316 itr form. But, it has no received stamp in the said form.. we still have to send it to Bir Manila. And we don't have enough time already since we're applying this week.. what shall we do? Is it ok if we would just right a letter of explanation? What reason would we put there that would be valid for the embassy? I'm nervous we might get denied because of this. Could you give me a sample? Thank you so much

Hi Cammille. I am not sure if the Cebu consulate will accept ITRs without a BIR stamp (I haven't tried it). Please call the consulate to verify if attaching an explanation letter with the unstamped ITR would suffice.

Hi, I will apply for korean visa next week and I request a copy of form 2316 and alphalist but the HR sent me the the ITR from 2017 same with the alphalist. Is it okay? Hoping for your response. Thanks a lot.

Hi, I already received my form 2316 but there’s no stamp because my company said that only the cover page of the alphalist will be stamped. But my problem is that they will still be submitting it to the BIR for filling and I need to submit my documents already to the embassy. What should I do?

On my case, the BIR officer said that BIR Received Stamp will suffice the 2316 as certified copy for visa transactions. Also the agency I'm applying for doesn't require me to have a document stamp on it since it has already the Received Stamp :). You just need to file your tax(2316) on BIR and have the received stamp on it.